An 81-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife in their Monkton home, Baltimore County police say.

An 81-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife in their Monkton home, Baltimore County police say.

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Updated: 10:03 AM EDT Apr 9, 2014

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WEBVTT AN OLD MAN SHOT HIS WIFE DEAD AND THEN HE KILLED THE FAMILY DOG. AT 82-YEAR-OLD MONKTON MAN GLEN TRESLAR REMAINS IN JAIL TONIGHT WITHOUT BAIL. BARRY SIMMS JOINS US LIVE FROM TOWSON. WE UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE OF MENTAL COMPETENCY IS BEING RAISED IN THIS CASE? THAT'S RIGHT, STAND. HE JUDGE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE KINDS OF ANSWERS SHE WAS GETTING FROM GLEN TRESLAR, AND SO SHE ORDERED HIM TO BE SEEN BY A DR.. IT MAKES NO SENSE. HIS NEIGHBOR TALKS ABOUT LOTS OF SHOTS BEING FIRED FROM HIS HOME AND THE MURDER OF YVONNE TRESLAR. THE VICTIM AND THE SUSPECT WERE HAVING SOME KIND OF ARGUMENT. THE SUSPECT SHOT THE VICTIM MULTIPLE TIMES. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE ARGUMENT WAS ABOUT. MS. TRESLAR WAS CALLED MULTIPLE TIMES. AN OFFICER CAME OUT TO CHECK ON SOMEONE. THE OFFICER FOUND AN ELDERLY MALE WHO SAID HE JUST SHOT HIS WIFE. OFFICERS CHECKED THE ROOM. THEY FOUND AN ELDERLY FEMALE ON THE FLOOR OF THE BEDROOM SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. GLEN TRESLAR TOLD OFFICERS HE GOT A HANDGUN. MR. TRESSLER SAID HE HAD SHOT HIS WIFE TIMES. HE STATED HE WANTED HIS WIFE "VERY DEAD." AFTER SHOOTING HIS WIFE, HE THEN SHOT HIS DOG WITH ANOTHER GUN. POLICE FOUND BEGUN -- FOUND THE DOG IN THE KITCHEN. TRESSLER TOLD THE JUDGE " IT IS A CONFUSING TIME. I HAVE NO ACCESS TO ANYTHING NOW." THE JUDGE ORDERED THAT HE BE SEEN BY A COURT PSYCHIATRIST. THIS MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. THIS ABSOLUTELY MAKES NO SENSE. PETER QUICKLY MOVED TO THIS MONKTON NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO. HE SAID THAT GLEN TRESLAR WOULD WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREET. WHEN HE WOULD PASS BY, HE WOULD STOP AND CHAT WITH ME, AND HE WAS FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY. JUST A SWEET, SWEET OLD MAN. PRIOR TO THIS AFTERNOON 'S HEARING, TRESSLER TIMES INDICATED -- SEVERAL TIMES

Police: Husband, 81, wanted wife 'very dead'

An 81-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife in their Monkton home, Baltimore County police say.